Ellie L Burwell

Brief Life History of Ellie L

When Ellie L Burwell was born on 10 January 1886, in Madison, North Carolina, United States, her father, Alvin Burwell, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Katherine Edwards, was 22. She married John Columbus Lowery on 21 April 1902, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in High Shoals Township, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Henrietta, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States in 1944. She died on 30 August 1944, in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

John Columbus Lowery
1881–1931
Ellie L Burwell
1886–1944
Marriage: 21 April 1902
James William Champion
1876–1928
Grady Lee Lowery
1902–1941
Estie Pauline Lowery
1905–1994
Viola Lowery
1907–1908
William Howard Lowery
1909–1972
Lottie Mae Lowery
1911–1993
Eula Virginia Lowery
1914–2006
Jessie Lillie Lowery
1916–2010
Johnny Roy Lowery
1918–1987
Edna Mae Lowery
1921–2009
Thomas Claude Lowery
about 1924–2004
Reba Lowery
1926–1929

Sources (43)

  • Ellie Lowery in household of Frank P Padgett, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ellie Burwell Lowery, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
  • Ellie Burwell Lowery in entry for Virginia Lowery Padgett, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire): habitational name from a place called Burwell, of which there are examples in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, named with Old English burh ‘fort’ + wella ‘spring’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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